distil

UK /dɪˈstɪl/ US /dəˈstɪl/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.

Firs distil resin.

[I]t [Silene] eaſeth the head-ach, if togither with oile of roſes it be diſtilled upon the head by way of embrochation.

2

To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.

But of all other men our Solomon could leaſt be ignorant of this truth. Not only for that reaſon, becauſe God had filled his heart with a large meaſure of wiſdom beyond other men: but even for this reaſon alſo: that being born of wiſe and godly Parents, and born to a Kingdom too, […] he had this truth (conſidering the great uſefulneſs of it to him in the whole time of his future Government) early diſtilled into him by both his Parents, and was ſeaſoned thereinto from his childhood in his education.

She felt the slackening frost distil Through her blood the last ooze dull and chill: Her lids were dry and her lips were still.

3

To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillatio

Haue I not bene Thy Pupill long? Haſt thou not learn'd me how To make Perfumes? Diſtill? Preſerue?

By putting the hydrate into a bent tube, afterwards hermetically sealed, I found it easy, after decomposing it by a heat of 100°, to distil the yellow fluid to one end of the tube, and so separate it from the remaining portion.

4

Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.

5

To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.

But earthlyer happy is the roſe diſtild, Then that, which, withering on the virgin thorne, Growes, liues, and dies, in ſingle bleſſedneſſe.

But flowers diſtil'd though they with winter meete, Leeſe but their ſhow, their ſubſtance ſtill liues ſweet.

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